Look at Life Season 1, Episode 27: The Black Arrows

Marrakesh

View of Marrakesh, men riding on donkeys whilst commentary describes the position of Marrakesh CU of a camel. Camels being led: the market place: Arabs meet to talk or to drive a bargain: commentary gives a brief history of Marrakesh

Follow The Stars

Looking at the stars from the astrologer’s, the astronomer’s and the radio-astronomer’s point of view.

The Doctor Suggests

Shows how hypnotism has developed from being a stage entertaiment to being a useful tool in the hands of the doctors.

A Marriage Is Arranged

Jumping To Aintree

Ticket To Tokyo

Letting Off Steam

A Dog’s Life

Dogs as pets, including the Queen’s corgis, and as working dogs - gun dogs, sheep dogs, guide dogs, police dogs and guard dogs. Also shows breeders, veterinarians, the People’s Dispensary

15 min

Market Place

Supermarkets contrasted with London street markets.

Cause For Alarm

Present day methods to prevent crime often employ mechanical means to give warning.

New Roads For Old

A Car Is Born

Saving Face

A look at the cosmetics industry.

The Divided City

Travelogue - Berlin. Panning aerial shots: the Mayor’s offices: Emperor William Memorial Church (94): Willy Brandt, Mayor of West Berlin, arriving in London on April 21st 1959 for discussion

Operation Noah’s Ark

Operation Noah’s Ark’ devoted to rescuing animals from an island which was flooded by the Zambesi river.

Down London River

Travelogue of the River Thames. Shot of: Big Ben: the Embankment: people boarding a pleasure boat at Westminster: people buy tickets: the steamer sets off: the Houses of Parliament

Coffee Bar

Coffee bars and their clientele.

Garden Of Tomorrow

A trip around the Chelsea Flower Show.

Derby Day

A look at the tradition of Derby Day.

Money Talks

A look at the financial institutions of London, including the Royal Mint.

Flight On A Cushion

Looks at the development of the Saunders-Roe SR.N1 hovercraft, the first full-size experimental model, and its maiden flight across the English Channel. Includes an interview with Christopher Sydney Cockerell, inventor of the hovercraft, who demonstrates his original model made of tin cans, and Peter Lamb, test pilot for the hovercraft.

10 min

Talking Of Coaches

A look at the advances in coach travel.

Seaway

The St Lawrence Seaway and its impact on Canada.

Kings Of Speed

A look at the motor racing industry and the part played by British cars and British drivers.

Making An Effort

Village Of Violins

The violin making industry in Mittenwald in the Bavarian Alps.

Ceremonial Soldier

A day in the life of a guardsman.

Alpine Rescue

Just four men, Swiss glacier pilots, have mastered the art of landing light aircraft on the glaciers and snowfields of the Alps, rescuing injured or stranded climbers in situations difficult to

Down On The Farm

The Royal Agricultural Show and the agricultural industry.

Shopping For A "Queen"

Every fortnight the liner the Queen Elisabeth has to be completely restocked and this is a mammoth housekeeping operation which has to be completed in 48 hours.

Channel Tunnel

The possibilities of the construction of a Channel Tunnel.

Harvest of Hops

The annual trip to the hop fields in Kent by people living in the East End of London.

Pony Tale

A film of a pony from the time it is rounded up in the forest until, with its young rider astride, it enters for the high spot of the pony-riding year.

Sailing The Sky

The sport of gliding.

Dustmen’s Day

The collection of refuse and its disposal.

Let’s Go Dancing

A survey of all that dancing involves from teenage rock ‘n’ roll sessions to exhibition ballroom dancing.

Soldier Abroad

The British Army on the Rhine.

Island Of Men

A tour of Fair Isle, in the Shetlands, where live three times as many men as women.

Bullfighter

Dealing with the professional work of Vincent Hitchcock, the British bullfighter; shots of him training and in action.